Social & Cultural History

From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023**'Full of delightful anecdotes and interviews and fascinating historical tales' Mail on ...

The 1950s saw a major shift in the lifestyles of many in Britain. Employment levels rose to new heights, white consumer goods appeared in shop wind...

London's old buildings hold a wealth of clues to the citys rich and vibrant past. The histories of some, such as the Tower of London and Westminste...

A tale of kings and conquests and high-sea adventures A must-read for those interested in the history of spices. Shrabani Basu, author of Victori...

'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court hi...

A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'A brilliantly enlightening book . . . at times moving, at others ironic, full of insights and detail'Michael Rosen...

Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans and their definitive conflicts. In twelve journeys he explores ...

One of the New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2023 A correspondent who has spent thirty years in Israel presents a rich, wide-ranging portrait of...

'With originality and subtlety, Diarmuid Hester examines how the gay imagination deals with place and with displacement, allowing for mystery and a...

An engaging makers guide to the history and craft of straw plaiting, brimming with helpful step-by-step diagrams.Straw plaiting has been used to ma...

Booker T. Washingtons famous 1901 memoir, Up From Slavery, charts Washingtons rise from an enslaved child with a passion for learning to the nation...

Parish churches have been at the heart of communities for more than a thousand years. But now, fewer than two in one hundred people regularly atten...

As a medical, economic, spiritual and demographic crisis, plague affected practically every aspect of an early modern community whether on a local,...

This volume brings together a series of papers at Kalamazoo as well as some contributed papers inspired by the fiftieth anniversary of the publicat...

In 2017 construction of the underground Parkville Station in Grattan Street obliged the University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor to leave the house ...